{"id":8653,"date":"2019-02-16T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T17:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2019-02-16T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T17:51:10","slug":"install-lts-enablement-stack-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/install-lts-enablement-stack-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install LTS Enablement Stack in Ubuntu 18.04.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kernel-icon-tux.png\" alt=\"Linux Kernel\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5727\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 18.04.2 was released a day ago with new HWE stack (newer kernel and X packages backported from Ubuntu 18.10), here&#8217;s how to install (or remove) it in current Ubuntu 18.04 machines.<\/p>\n<p>While regular system update does only upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.2, you need to manually do following steps to install the new hardware enablement stacks.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal-450x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> When terminal opens, run command to install the new Hardware Enablement stacks, including Linux Kernel 4.18, and X stack back-ported from Ubuntu 18.10:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lts-enablement-1804-600x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"113\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lts-enablement-1804-600x113.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lts-enablement-1804-450x84.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lts-enablement-1804-768x144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lts-enablement-1804.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, restart your computer and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h4>How to Remove New LTS Enablement Stack in Ubuntu 18.04:<\/h4>\n<p>For choice, you can easily remove the new X stack by running following command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-*-hwe-18.04<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/remove-lts-enablement1804-600x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"119\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/remove-lts-enablement1804-600x119.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/remove-lts-enablement1804-450x89.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/remove-lts-enablement1804.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then you have to install back the old X packages via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install xorg<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/install-back-xorg-600x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"119\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/install-back-xorg-600x119.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/install-back-xorg-450x89.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/install-back-xorg.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 18.04.2 was released a day ago with new HWE stack (newer kernel and X packages backported from Ubuntu 18.10), here&#8217;s how to install (or remove) it in current Ubuntu 18.04 machines. While regular system update does only upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.2, you need to manually do following steps to install the new hardware enablement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1527,1650],"class_list":["post-8653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-ubuntu-18-04","tag-ubuntu-18-04-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}